In 2009, the cost of baking Girl Scout cookies rose, but rather than opt for a price spike, the organization downsized the size of the Lemon Chalet Cremes and stuffed fewer cookies in boxes of Thin Mints and Tagalongs.

The first cookies were home-baked.

Before the business exploded, in the 1920s and 1930s, Girl Scouts around America baked their own sugar cookies and sold them to raise money for their activities.

During World War II, cookie sales were put on hold.

Due to sugar, flour, and butter shortages caused by the war, in 1942, Girl Scouts sold calendars in lieu of cookies.

In 1933, Girl Scouts of Greater Philadelphia Council sold cookies in the city’s gas and electric company windows.

Then, a box of 44 cookies rang in at 23 cents, or you could splurge for six boxes at $1.24.

Cookie sales aside, Girl Scouts are leaders.

Fifty-nine percent of women in the U.S. Senate and 60 percent of women in the House of Representatives are Girl Scouts alumnae.